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Kolkata, Subject to Approval
on renting as a Muslim in Kolkata, and how housing reveals the limits of the city’s political self-image
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The Scaffolding of Smoking
on the architecture beneath addiction and the void that follows
Dec 2, 2025
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Bile, Beef, and the Recipes That Don’t Exist
on craving, loss, and the foods no one writes down
Nov 21, 2025
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The Bleakness Industry: How Homebound Turns Suffering Into Virtue
This is about how to stand tall in the bleakness of the landscape. But it is also about how to ensure that the landscape remains bleak so that you can…
Oct 11, 2025
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Scenes from a Different Bombay
A filmmaker’s journey through survival, memory, and the overlooked city
Sep 20, 2025
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A Feral Fight
Notes on Making a Life in Mumbai
Aug 22, 2025
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In a world of Javed Akhtars, be an Asghar Wajahat
on white bread, radical banality, and other quiet refusals
Jul 12, 2025
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Why We Still Go to the Cafe
how memory lingers, and why we show up anyway
Jun 28, 2025
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